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The Kid from Brooklyn

Year:

1946

Duration:

113 min

Genres:

Comedy | Musical

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Norman Z. McLeod

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1946-03-21

Cast

Actor

Character

Bobby Barber

Danny Kaye

Burleigh Sullivan

Virginia Mayo

Polly Pringle

Vera-Ellen

Susie Sullivan

Steve Cochran

Speed McFarlane

Eve Arden

Ann Westley

Walter Abel

Gabby Sloan

Lionel Stander

Spider Schultz

Fay Bainter

Mrs. E. Winthrop LeMoyne

Clarence Kolb

Mr. Austin

Victor Cutler

Photographer

Charles Cane

Willard

Jerome Cowan

Fight Announcer

Don Wilson

Radio Announcer

Knox Manning

Radio Announcer

Kay Thompson

Matron

Johnny Downs

Master of Ceremonies

The Goldwyn Girls

Fred Aldrich

Handler Carrying Hogan from Ring (uncredited)

Betty Alexander

Goldwyn Girl

Jimmy Ames

Ring Announcer (uncredited)

Rudolph Andrean

Dancer (uncredited)

Larry Anzalone

Fighter Being Knocked Out (uncredited)

Shirley Ballard

Goldwyn Girl

Virginia Belmont

Goldwyn Girl

Brooks Benedict

Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

William 'Billy' Benedict

Newsboy #2 (uncredited)

Jody Black

Acrobatic Dancer (uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

News Photographer (uncredited)

Betty Blythe

Mrs. LeMoyne's Friend (uncredited)

Mabel Boehlke

Acrobatic Dancer (uncredited)

Jimmy Bond

Bystander (uncredited)

Paul Bradley

Bystander (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Lynton Brent

Man in Window (uncredited)

Jan Bryant

Goldwyn Girl

Alfred Burke

Dancer (uncredited)

Betty Cargyle

Goldwyn Girl

James Carlisle

Mrs. LeMoyne's Friend (uncredited)

Nora Cecil

Woman in Window (uncredited)

George Chandler

Reporter in Hotel Room (uncredited)

Robert Wade Chatterton

Man Lifting Up Susie (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham

Joe Eddelson (uncredited)

Dorothy Clarke

Acrobatic Dancer (uncredited)

J.W. Cody

Indian Chief (uncredited)

Michael Collins

Dancer (uncredited)

Tony M. Conde

Dancer (uncredited)

Jean Cronin

Goldwyn Girl

Eddie Cutler

Dancer - 'Old Fashioned' Number (uncredited)

George Davis

Man in Window (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Dulcie Day

Bystander (uncredited)

Gill Dennis

Dancer (uncredited)

Tom Dillon

Policeman (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

Reporter at Train (uncredited)

Dan Drake

Dancer (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

Sullivan's Handler (uncredited)

Jay Eaton

Bystander (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

Man in Window (uncredited)

Fern Emmett

Woman in Window (uncredited)

Jim Farley

Man in Window (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Ringsider at First Fight (uncredited)

Charles Fogel

Bystander (uncredited)

Mary Forbes

Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

William Forrest

Guest (uncredited)

Almeda Fowler

Bystander (uncredited)

Jack Gargan

Milkman Getting Water (uncredited)

Gertude Gault

Acrobatic Dancer (uncredited)

Karen X. Gaylord

Goldwyn Girl

Bob Gompers

Dancer (uncredited)

Frank Hagney

Arena Usher (uncredited)

Ben Hall

Newpaper Vendor (uncredited)

Donna Hamilton

Goldwyn Girl

Buck Harrington

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Eddie Hart

Knockdown Timekeeper (uncredited)

Al Hill

Reporter (uncredited)

Bill Hunter

Man in Window (uncredited)

John Indrisano

Title Fight Referee (uncredited)

Harvey Karels

Dancer - 'Old Fashioned' Number (uncredited)

Jimmy Kelly

Dancer - 'What's Your Name' Number (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Tom Kennedy

Referee #1 (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

Minor Role (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Reporter (uncredited)

Helen Kimball

Goldwyn Girl

Nolan Leary

Ackerman (uncredited)

Vonne Lester

Goldwyn Girl

Carl M. Leviness

Bystander (uncredited)

Arthur Loft

Joe (uncredited)

Joyce Mackenzie

Goldwyn Girl

Kenneth McAndish

Dancer (uncredited)

Torben Meyer

Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

Martha Montgomery

Goldwyn Girl

Frank Moran

Fight Manager (uncredited)

Frances Morris

Woman in Window (uncredited)

Diana Mumby

Goldwyn Girl

Billy Nelson

Sullivan's Ringside Retainer (uncredited)

William Newell

Photographer

Jack Norton

Garden Party Guest (uncredited)

William J. O'Brien

Milkman (uncredited)

Spec O'Donnell

Arena Callboy (uncredited)

Bob Perry

Timekeeper (uncredited)

Charles Perry

Handler (uncredited)

Jack Perry

Handler (uncredited)

'Snub' Pollard

Man Reacting to Lion (uncredited)

Alexander Pollard

Butler (uncredited)

Tom Quinn

Photographer

Frank Riggi

Killer Kelly (uncredited)

Jack Roper

Kelly's Fight Manager (uncredited)

Albert Ruiz

Dancer - 'Old Fashioned' Number (uncredited)

Syd Saylor

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Milkman Prankster with Ink (uncredited)

Charles Schaeffer

Tony Scarlotti (uncredited)

Harry Semels

Ringsider at First Fight (uncredited)

Shirley Sharon

Acrobatic Dancer (uncredited)

George Sherwood

Reporter (uncredited)

Rudolph Silva

Dancer (uncredited)

Mary Simpson

Goldwyn Girl

Larry Steers

Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)

Kismi Stefan

Goldwyn Girl

Robert Stevenson

Dancer (uncredited)

Robert Strong

Photographer

Charles Sullivan

1st Timekeeper (uncredited)

Steve Taylor

Palooka (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

Cop at Train Station (uncredited)

Virginia Thorpe

Goldwyn Girl

Ruth Valmy

Goldwyn Girl

Tyra Vaughn

Goldwyn Girl

Pierre Watkin

E. Winthrop LeMoyne (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

Reporter in Hotel Room (uncredited)

Barrett Whitelaw

Bystander (uncredited)

Ulysses Williams

Hogan

Eric Wilton

LeMoynes' Butler (uncredited)

Betty Yeaton

Acrobatic Dancer (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The name of the lead character, "Burleigh" is an inside joke since it sounds like "burly" which means 'strongly and heavily built, husky' which the character is not.

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Even though Kay Thompson is credited, her scenes were cut from the final release print.

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When this film was shown on TCM Dena Kaye, the daughter of Danny Kaye, said that her father said the hardest thing about this movie was learning to appear so bad as a boxer, stating that "being good enough to act inept" was the hardest acting he had ever done.

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Goofs

Virginia Mayo's character name is listed as "Polly Pringle" in the onscreen credits, but she is called "Polly Martin" in the movie.

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Faq

List: Wacky boxing

See: this FAQ entry

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